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Publication Date: 2024-Apr
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Study of Climate Literacy and Pro-Environmental Behavior amongst Students
Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, v23 n1 p31-46 2024
This research examines the role of effort at the school level in ensuring climate literacy and the influence of climate literacy on the environmental behavior of children. Literature has shown that pro-environmental behavior is mediated by hope and despair amongst the children. An attempt has been made to study the same. Also, the role of climate literacy in inducing indoor generation behavior was studied. The research is based on a questionnaire developed to measure the constructs (Efforts at the school level, hope, despair, climate literacy, pro-environmental behavior, and indoor generation behavior). The questionnaires were used to survey 477 students of the middle and high-level schools in Delhi National Capital Region (DelhiNCR), India. CB-Structural Equation modeling was used to study the influence and significance of the relationships. The research revealed that climate literacy, positively and significantly influenced pro-environmental behavior, while it wasn't positively influencing indoor generation behavior. Hope was been found to positively mediate pro-environmental behavior. This research is one of its kind and explored the psychological and behavioral implications of climate literacy amongst school students.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Literacy, Student Behavior, Environmental Education, Middle School Students, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Expectation, School Involvement, Student School Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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